Originally Posted by TNrifleman
Originally Posted by bea175
It was dead before it ever got off the ground. Just couldn't compete with its Big Brother the 17HMR


The 17HM2 wasn't designed to compete with the 17HMR.


Perhaps not, but the 17HMR smothered it nevertheless. If the 17HMR had never been the 17HM2 would be far more popular than it is now.

The only good news is that the 17HM2 uses readily available components, the 22 Stinger case necked down and the same bullets as the 17HMR. So it isn't difficult for CCI to tool up for a run now and then. The problem right now is that demand for 22 ammo is so high that they can hardly spare the time to swap tooling at all.